BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Easy Rider DX90: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which DX90 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.8% average, from 904 DVSA tests.

2005
highest-passing year · 92.0%
2004
lowest-passing year · 75.9%
16.1pp
spread across 8 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2005 (92.0% of 112 tests). Lowest: 2004 (75.9% of 112). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002, 2004.

73%84%95%2000: 84.0% pass (131 tests)2001: 86.8% pass (129 tests)2002: 81.9% pass (116 tests)2003: 82.9% pass (111 tests)2004: 75.9% pass (112 tests)2005: 92.0% pass (112 tests)2007: 84.0% pass (94 tests)2008: 91.0% pass (67 tests)200020042008
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (84.8%)
2000 131 84.0% -0.8 pp
2001 129 86.8% +2.0 pp
2002 116 81.9% -2.9 pp
2003 111 82.9% -1.9 pp
2004 112 75.9% -8.9 pp
2005 112 92.0% +7.2 pp
2007 94 84.0% -0.8 pp
2008 67 91.0% +6.2 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2006–2017
72%83%94%2006: 83.0% pass (53 tests)2007: 81.1% pass (53 tests)2008: 87.5% pass (64 tests)2009: 86.2% pass (65 tests)2010: 75.3% pass (73 tests)2011: 88.2% pass (76 tests)2012: 78.1% pass (64 tests)2013: 79.1% pass (67 tests)2014: 85.3% pass (68 tests)2015: 89.6% pass (48 tests)2016: 85.0% pass (40 tests)2017: 90.0% pass (30 tests)20062017

Questions

Which DX90 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2002, 2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the Easy Rider DX90 overall (84.8%); the 2004 cohort is lowest at 75.9% from 112 tests.
Which DX90 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2005, at 92.0% of 112 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2005, 2008.
How much does the DX90 pass rate vary by year?
16.1 percentage points between the highest (2005, 92.0%) and lowest (2004, 75.9%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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